Show us your Sweetest Soft Corals! - Page 9

Marco1 · 05/22/2017, 06:33 AM

My 2nd gen huge toadstool sold his mom she was the size of a basketball

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smatter · 05/22/2017, 09:26 AM

^^^NICE!^^^ That's a beast.

Aquacraze · 05/22/2017, 09:35 AM

That is huge. I can't wait till my toadstool get huge. Mine is only about the size of a golf ball right now. How long did it take for yours to get that big?

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Mark9 · 05/23/2017, 09:24 AM

I have a couple sweet ones in here.

smatter · 05/23/2017, 06:49 PM

@Mark9 Awesome brother! Nice work.

Aquacraze · 05/23/2017, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark9

I have a couple sweet ones in here.

It's so green! I think I have the same toadstool as you but mine is about the size of a half dollar

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Aquacraze · 05/23/2017, 08:08 PM

Is that a green kena tree??

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JZinCO · 05/23/2017, 08:50 PM

Looks like sinularia or nepthea. Not confident.

Lots of red undertones too. A Christmas tank!

Marco1 · 05/25/2017, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquacraze

That is huge. I can't wait till my toadstool get huge. Mine is only about the size of a golf ball right now. How long did it take for yours to get that big?

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The key is the base if its on a small base it will stay small took about a yr. Not on here very often my brother has one from the same mother coral and his is the size of a tennis ball he has it on a small base. Mine and his were the same size and when he comes over hes amazed but i still concluded that its the base that gives them the go ahead to get huge

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Aquacraze · 05/25/2017, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Marco1

The key is the base if its on a small base it will stay small took about a yr. Not on here very often my brother has one from the same mother coral and his is the size of a tennis ball he has it on a small base. Mine and his were the same size and when he comes over hes amazed but i still concluded that its the base that gives them the go ahead to get huge

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Kinda like a tree. The bigger the base the more the branches grow. I'm hoping mine starts to grow more since I've started to feed reef roids to all my corals now.

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Mark9 · 05/26/2017, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquacraze

Is that a green kena tree??

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It is a sinularia, grows like a weed, you can see all the places i've cut it.

I do have a nepthea, it can be seen behind the torch at 5 o'clock.

Funny thing is, at this distance they look the same.
Close up you can easily see they look totally different.

Mark9 · 05/26/2017, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by smatter

@Mark9 Awesome brother! Nice work.

Thanks.

Marco1 · 05/26/2017, 07:50 PM

Mother toadstool

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Aquacraze · 05/26/2017, 08:23 PM

Haha holy crap this huge!

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WLachnit · 06/09/2017, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark9

I have a couple sweet ones in here.

I really love the look and balance of this tank. Very pleasing to the eye. Well done!

wij · 06/10/2017, 02:37 AM

Had these for 4 years started off 2 inches now dinner plate size my first ever coral was the green devil's hand love it and just keeps growing 😎

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Aquacraze · 06/10/2017, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by wij

Had these for 4 years started off 2 inches now dinner plate size my first ever coral was the green devil's hand love it and just keeps growing 😎

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Woah the color on that leather is incredible. The purple with the green polyps looks so nice.

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JamesHolt · 06/11/2017, 05:42 AM

notenoughtanks · 06/11/2017, 07:43 AM

From 2 favorites from my old 75. Green Nepthea and Pink Sinularia. Both grew so darn fast I would frag 1 finger and they would be this big again in 18 months. Bill, who got me into reefing- had the mother sinularia in his 180 that was 36" across. Ahh those were the days. Not sure I even knew the importance of Alkalinity at this point.

lizri · 06/11/2017, 11:05 AM

Gorgeous. Just noticed that HUGE clam in there, too! Bravo good sir!

Tinabloomfield · 06/15/2017, 05:53 PM

Can someone explain to me how to upload pics? Ive tried and all Im getting is boxes with x's in them

wcharon · 06/16/2017, 05:50 AM

Well let me jump in in this one.

smatter · 06/16/2017, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Tinabloomfield

Can someone explain to me how to upload pics? Ive tried and all Im getting is boxes with x's in them

I've been on here for 15 years and still can't post pics lol. I don't know why they make it so difficult as it's simple on other sites.

vikinglord13 · 06/24/2017, 09:11 PM

What would you guys say is the max size for soft corals?

It sounds like expecting a colony to grow larger than 36" (base depending) is reasonable.

Hazmatreefer7 · 08/04/2017, 05:51 PM

Here are a few of mine. I have too many Kenyas, those all came from the same frag my buddy gave me 4 years ago to get started.

06/11/2017, 05:42 AM	#218
JamesHolt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Milton,NC Posts: 1,104 Blog Entries: 3	__________________ John Adams: "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." Current Tank Info: 29g with 2 Engineer gobies

06/11/2017, 11:05 AM	#220
lizri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Raleigh Posts: 37	Gorgeous. Just noticed that HUGE clam in there, too! Bravo good sir! __________________ 100 custom, 40 breeder, 20 long. In the hobby since 2015, learning something every day. Keep calm and reef on.

05/22/2017, 06:33 AM	#201
Marco1 Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 8	My 2nd gen huge toadstool sold his mom she was the size of a basketball Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

05/22/2017, 09:26 AM	#202
smatter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,055	^^^NICE!^^^ That's a beast.

05/22/2017, 09:35 AM	#203
Aquacraze Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 94	That is huge. I can't wait till my toadstool get huge. Mine is only about the size of a golf ball right now. How long did it take for yours to get that big? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

05/23/2017, 09:24 AM	#204
Mark9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,497	I have a couple sweet ones in here.

05/23/2017, 06:49 PM	#205
smatter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,055	@Mark9 Awesome brother! Nice work.

05/23/2017, 08:08 PM	#207
Aquacraze Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 94	Is that a green kena tree?? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

05/23/2017, 08:50 PM	#208
JZinCO Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: northern CO Posts: 502	Looks like sinularia or nepthea. Not confident. Lots of red undertones too. A Christmas tank!

05/26/2017, 07:50 PM	#213
Marco1 Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 8	Mother toadstool Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

05/26/2017, 08:23 PM	#214
Aquacraze Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 94	Haha holy crap this huge! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

06/10/2017, 02:37 AM	#216
wij Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 177	Had these for 4 years started off 2 inches now dinner plate size my first ever coral was the green devil's hand love it and just keeps growing 😎 Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk

06/11/2017, 07:43 AM	#219
notenoughtanks Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 330	From 2 favorites from my old 75. Green Nepthea and Pink Sinularia. Both grew so darn fast I would frag 1 finger and they would be this big again in 18 months. Bill, who got me into reefing- had the mother sinularia in his 180 that was 36" across. Ahh those were the days. Not sure I even knew the importance of Alkalinity at this point.

06/15/2017, 05:53 PM	#221
Tinabloomfield Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 5	Can someone explain to me how to upload pics? Ive tried and all Im getting is boxes with x's in them

06/24/2017, 09:11 PM	#224
vikinglord13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 484	What would you guys say is the max size for soft corals? It sounds like expecting a colony to grow larger than 36" (base depending) is reasonable.